Tag: Rourkela

Puri/Rourkela: Amid the celebratory mood across the state on Utkala Dibasa, which marked Odisha’s 80th birthday today; inadequate usage of Odia language fuelled protests across the State. Odisha Assembly has made it mandatory to use Odia language on signboards after passing the amendment bill on May 1, 2018. But, many have failed to comply with […]

New Delhi: Five educational institutions and deemed universities of Odisha made it to the top 100 list of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) released by the Ministry of Human Resources Development (HRD). The rankings were announced at the Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. The National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela has secured 38th rank […]

Rourkela: A special flying squad for elections today recovered cash worth Rs 27.49 lakh during inspection of vehicles at Mahapani chhak in Bisra area of Rourkela. The seizure took place after the driver of an Audi car abandoned the bag with cash and fled the scene along with the vehicle. Biswaranjan Rath, Nodal Officer of […]

Rourkela/Kalahandi/Bhubaneswar: With multiple incidents of cash and liquor seizures reported in Odisha just before the elections, concerns are being raised over free and fair conduct of polls across the State. A special flying squad for elections on Wednesday recovered cash worth Rs 27.49 lakh during inspection of vehicles at Mahapani chhak in Bisra area of […]

Bhubaneswar: Political trade winds in Rourkela turned tailwind for the BJP, when veteran leader and former steel city BJP MLA Dilip Ray fanned out the winds of grace for the BJP. Ray quit the BJP last December accusing it of letting down hopes of the steel city. In a tweet Thursday night, the veteran leader […]

Rourkela: Hours before Election Commission barred from campaigning for 72 hours from 6 AM tomorrow, Firebrand BJP leader and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Monday castigated the Naveen Patnaik led BJD government as a dispensation which is neck-deep in corruption. He exhorted the people to install a BJP government in Bhubaneswar in the year 2019 […]

Rourkela: In a surprise raid today, EC flying squad seized over Rs 2 lakh cash along with huge quantities of election campaign materials from a hotel in Sector-4 in Rourkela. Acting on a tip off, the flying squad raided Ananda Bazaar Hotel located in Sector-4 under Raghunathpali Assembly Constituency in Rourkela. Along with the cash, […]

Rourkela: A student of the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela died under mysterious circumstances on Monday. The deceased student, identified as Sayeed Munib Ahmed, was a second year student of Integrated Science at NIT. Ahmed, who hails from Bhubaneswar, was rescued in an unconscious condition from the corridor of NIT hostel in Rourkela today. […]

Rourkela: Passengers of Mumbai-Howrah Lokmanya Tilak Express had a narrow escape when one of the bogies caught fire today morning near Rourkela. But the situation was brought under control because of the promptness shown by railway authorities. After the fire was detected, the train was halted and post completion of the repair work, it resumed […]

Berhampur: The Odisha Fire Services personnel on Saturday inspected safety arrangements at various coaching centres of Berhampur, Sambalpur, Rourkela and Balasore. The move comes in the wake of recent fire tragedy at a coaching centre in Surat in which over 22 students were killed. As many as 10 teams of the Berhampur unit of the […]

Bhubaneswar: After month-long observance of fasting and reflection during Ramadan, Muslims across Odisha on Wednesday came together to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr with festive spirit and religious harmony. Clad in their finest attire, Islamic followers thronged various mosques and eidgahs across the State to offer namaz before embarking on the celebrations. The morning prayers were offered between […]

Rourkela: One person was killed while his five other associates, all suspected to be robbers, were nabbed after being hit by a truck while trying to loot the vehicle late last night near Rourkela. According to police, six persons riding two motorcycles followed an iron rod-laden truck going from Kalunga to Ghaziabad (UP) and attempted […]

Sambalpur: Earthquake tremors were felt in several parts of western Odisha including Sambalpur, Kuchinda, Deogarh, Rourkela, Bonai and Jharsuguda around 05:48 PM today. As per reports, strong tremors were felt for few seconds following which people started to come out of their residences in the affected areas. “I was studying at home when our house started […]

Sundergarh: A four-member team of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) including Chairman Anusuya Ori met the displaced families of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) residing in Hatidharsa village in Sundergarh district and discussed various problems faced by them in the village. As many as 31 families who had lost their land for the infrastructural […]

Rourkela: A large cache of explosives, including 44,800 pieces of detonators and 17 packets of ammonium nitrate, was seized following raids near a forest under Brahmani Tarang Police limits in Sundergarh district. Preliminary investigation reveals that the explosives were being procured from Dhenkanal. As per reports, the explosive consignment was being transported in a four-wheeler. […]